Charts > March 2012 Top 10

DUBLIN TOP TEN
1 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
2 Cathal McConnell ~ I Have Travelled This Country ~ Lughnasa
3 The Leitrim Equation 2 ~ Featuring Dervish ~ LCC
4 Transatlantic Sessions ~ Series 2 DVD ~ BBC
5 Paul McGlinchey ~ The Boys of the Town ~ Own Label
6 Swallows Tail Céilí Band ~ Suas Leat ~ Own Label
7 Ciorras ~ Silver Lining ~ Own Label
8 Derek McGinley & Tara Connaghan ~ The Far Side of the Glen ~ Own Label
9 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Own Label
10 Free Spirits ~ Irish Travellers and Traditional Music ~ NPU
Courtesy of Claddagh Records Dublin www.claddaghrecords.com

GALWAY TOP TEN
1 Eddie Clarke ~ Unheard ~ Own Label
2 Lúnasa ~ The Story So Far ~ Compass
3 Líadan ~ Casadh Na Taoide ~ Own Label
4 Gerry ‘Banjo’ O’Connor ~ High Up Low Down ~ Own Label
5 Enda Scahill ~ Pick it Up ~ Sun Records
6 Brian McGrath ~ Pure Banjo ~ Own Label
7 Angelina Carberry ~ An Traidiun Beo ~ Own Label
8 Vncent Campbell ~ The Purple Heather ~ Own Label
9 Buffalo in the Castle ~ Buffalo In the Castle ~ Own Label
10 Paul Brady ~ Welcome Here Kind Stranger ~ PB Music
Courtesy of Powell’s Music, Shop Street, Galway

ENNIS TOP TEN

1 John Blake, Cormac Cannon and Lamond Gillespie ~ The Trip to Carrick ~ Own Label
2 Maurice Egan ~ The Holly Tree ~ Own Label
3 Denis Liddy and Elvie Miller ~ Tradaree ~ Own Label
4 Dan Gurney ~ Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion ~ Own Label
5 Danny O’ Mahony ~ In Retrospect ~ Own Label
6 Martin and P.J Hayes ~ The Shores of Lough Graney ~ Own Label
7 Dan Brouder ~ The Lark’s Air ~ Own Label
8 Pauline Mc Glinchey ~ The Boys of the Town ~ Own Label
9 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Own Label
10 Andrew MacNamara , Orla Harrington and Jim Higgins ~ Flagstone Memories ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Custy’s Irish Music Ennis, Co. Clare, www.custysmusic.com

KENMARE TOP TEN
1 Paul McGlinchey ~ The Boys of the Town ~ Own Label
2 Breda Keville ~ The Hop Down ~ Own Label
3 Ian Smith ~ A Celtic Connection ~ Own Label
4 Brendan O’Sullivan ~ Took a Notion ~ Own Label
5 Paddy O’Brien ~ Mixing the Punch ~ New Folk
6 Swallows Tail Céilí Band ~ Suas Leat ~ Own Label
7 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Own Label
8 Darol Anger ~ Diary of a Fiddler ~ Compass
9 Richard Dwyer ~ With a Song in my Life ~ Cailroe
10 Edel O’Sullivan ~ In the Time Of ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Soundz of Muzic, Kenmare, Kerry, www.soundzofmuzic.ie

CELTIC NOTE TOP TEN
1 Various Artists ~ A Stór Mo Chroí ~ Songs of Love & Loss ~ Celtic Airs
2 Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin ~ Songs of the Scribe ~ Own Label
3 Peadar Ó Riada, Martin Hayes & Caoimhín O Raghallaigh ~ Triúr Arís ~ Own Label
4 Fidil ~ The Old Wheel of Fortune ~ Fidil
5 Various Artists ~ Ceolta Mhúscraí ~ Song of Muskerry ~ Gael Linn
6 Deluce’s Patent ~ Deluce’s Patent ~ Own Label
7 Horslips and the Ulster Orchestra ~ At the Waterfront, Belfast ~ Horslips
8 Noriana Kennedy ~ Ebb n’Flow ~ Own Label
9 Various Artist ~ Transatlantic Sessions 5 Vol.1 ~ Whirlie
10 Séan Ó Riada ~ Orchestral Works ~ RTÉ Lyric FM
Courtesy of Celtic Note Nassau Street Dublin. www.celticnote.com

BELFAST TOP 10
1 Donna Taggart ~ Celtic Lady Volume 1 ~ Celtic Lady Productions
2 Rapparrees ~ Wrapped Up ~ Own Label
3 At First Light ~ Idir ~ Own Label
4 Mary Black ~ Stories From The Steeples ~ 3ú
5 Christy Moore ~ Folk Tale ~ Sony/BMG
6 Grainne Holland ~ Language Of The Gael ~ Own Label
7 Seamus Moore ~ Seamus Just Wants To Be Famous ~ Hazel
8 Beoga ~ How To Tune A Fish ~ Compass
9 John Spillane ~ A Rock To Cling To ~ EMI
10 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Premier Record Store, Belfast

TAYBERRY MUSIC TOP TEN (USA)
1 Beoga ~ How To Tune A Fish ~ Compass
2 The High Kings ~ Memory Lane ~ Universal
3 Karan Casey & John Doyle ~ Exiles Return ~ Compass
4 Various Artists ~ Lullabies of Love ~ Compass
5 Altan ~ 25th Anniversary ~ Compass
6 Lumiére ~ Lumiere ~ Sony/BMG
7 Bothy Band ~ Best of Mulligan ~ Mulligan
8 Bellowhead ~ Hedonism ~ Navigator
9 Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill ~ Welcome Here Again ~ Green Linnet
10 The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem ~ In Person at Carnegie Hall ~ Columbia
Courtesy of Tayberry Music, USA, www.tayberry.com

CELTIC GROOVES IMPORTS, TOP TEN (USA)
1 Nic Gaviskey ~ Home Away From Home ~ Own Label
2 Mick O’Brien & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh ~ Deadly Buzz ~ Own Label
3 Bua ~ Down The Green Fields ~ Own Label
4 Catherine McEvoy, Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh, Micheal Ó Raghallaigh ~ Comb Your Hair And Curl It ~ Own Label
5 Sean Ryan ~ Sean Ryan ~ Own Label
6 Matt Cranitch & Jackie Daly ~ The Living Stream ~ Own Label
7 Mike Rafferty & Willie Kelly ~ The New Broom ~ Own Label
8 Mike Rafferty ~ Speed 78 ~ Own Label
9 Mike Rafferty ~ The Road From Ballinakill ~ Own Label
10 Mike Rafferty ~ The Old Fireside Music ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Celtic Grooves Imports, Maryland, USA, www.celticgrooves.com

LONDON TOP TEN
1 Tyrrell/Glackin/Browne ~ And So The Story Goes ~ CIC
2 The Outside Track ~ Curious Things Given Wings ~ Own Label
3 Paddy O’Brien ~ The Sailor’s Cravat ~ CIC
4 Oonagh Derby ~ Harmony Street ~ Own Label
5 Hynes/Lennon/Cooney ~ Ceoil Sidhe ~ CIC
6 Michael Coleman ~ 1891 –1945 ~ Coleman Centre
7 Cathal Clohessy & Eamonn Costello ~ Bosca Ceoil & Fiddle ~ Own Label
8 The Basque Irish Connection ~ Eusheirea ~ Own Label
9 Various Artists ~ Tuning The Radio ~ RTE
10 Daithí Sproule ~ Lost River Vol 1 ~ CIC
Courtesy of Copperplate Distribution, London, www.copperplatemailorder.com

WATERFORD TOP TEN

1 The Pride of Erin ~ Mary Daly, Mick Dalton & Aidan Daly ~ Own Label
2 Sessions Found 1995 - 2002 ~ Gough, Clancy, Bracken& McCarthy ~ Own Label
3 Dan Brouder ~ The Lark’s Air ~ Own Label
4 Bobby Gardiner ~ The High Level ~ Own Label
5 Idir ~ At First Light ~ Own Label
6 Leo Rickard ~ Up, Down & Around ~ Phaeton
7 Beoga ~ How to tune a fish ~ Own Label
8 The Bonny Men ~ The Bonny Men ~ Own Label
9 Ciorras ~ Silver Lining ~ Own Label
10 Billy Clifford ~ Echoes of Sliabh Luachra ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Ben O’Neill Music Shop, O’Connell Street, Dungarvan

EUROPEAN TOP TEN
1 Naragonia ~ Carabel ~ Benelux
2 Amadou & Mariam ~ Paris Bamako (CD+ 2DVD) ~ Benelux
3 Niamh Parsons ~ Heart’s Desire ~ Own Label
4 Orion ~ Blue Room ~ Belgique
5 Richard Galliano Septet ~ Piazzolla Forever ~ Italiamo
6 David Munnelly ~ By Heck ~ Own Label
7 Fairport Convention ~ Liege & Lief ~ UK Artistes
8 Maria Kalaniemi ~ Bellow Poetry ~ Euro Ethnic
9 Pennou Skoulm ~ Trinkan ~ Brittany
10 Snaarmaarwaar ~ Phosphor Bronze ~ Belgique
Courtesy of Folk Centre Den Appel ~ Belgium ~ www.tsmiske.be/appel

SCOTLAND TOP TEN
1 Jim Lindsay & His Scottish Dance Band ~ Reel of the Puffins ~ Highlander
2 Manran ~ Manran ~ Own Label
3 Jim Lindsay & His Scottish Dance Band ~ Scottish Christmas Dance Party ~ Highlander
4 Paula MacAskill ~ This is Me ~ Pan Records
5 Brandon McPhee Scottish Dance Bance ~ The Flying Scots ~ Pan Records
6 Cullivoe Band ~ Hairst Blinks ~ Own Label
7 Brigh Na Nollaig ~ A Selection of Gaelic Carols ~ Highlander
8 Edinburgh Military Tattoo ~ 2011 ~ Own Label
9 Scotland the What ~ Best of Volume 2 ~ Ross Records
10 Lets Go Scottish Country Dancing ~ Volume 3 ~ Own Label
Courtesy of Celtic Chords, Scotland www.celtic-chords.co.uk